Fundraising

Ark Cancer Centre Charity has received a great show of support from community-focused employees at one of Basingstoke’s leading companies.

After a staff vote, the 230-plus team at the Basing View offices of leading employee benefits provider Unum have decided that Ark will be their Charity of the Year for 2018 and 2019.

They are a great tribute band - and in nine days, Atomic Rapture will be centre stage at a special charity night that will help Ark.

Saturday, January 13, 2018 is the date for the diary as Atomic Rapture perform live at the Apollo Hotel in Basingstoke.

A night of fabulous music is in store for everyone who comes along to the concert, which will raise funds for Ark and Help For Heroes - two charities that are supported by drummer Dave Taylor and colleagues at leading Basingstoke-based company Centerprise International.

Basingstoke Bison and Zizzi are teaming up for a charity evening that will deliver a New Year boost to Ark Cancer Centre Charity’s £5million fundraising appeal.

Long-time Bison sponsors Zizzi are opening their doors to Bison fans on Wednesday, January 17 for a special event which will see some of the Herd become waiters for the evening.

The fundraiser follows a successful charity evening earlier in the season, which raised just over £600 for Ark – one of the Bison's community partners.

At midnight tonight, it's out with the old, and in with the new – and Ark Cancer Centre Charity is hoping that supporters will carry this spirit into 2018 to help the £5million fundraising campaign.

Ark is urging local people to make a resolution to recycle unwanted clothes and shoes in January in one of the charity's many branded recycling banks that are dotted in and around the Basingstoke area.

It's been 16 months since Ark became a charity partner with Bag It Up Ltd (BIU) – one of the UK’s leading clothing and textile recycling companies.

It's been another year of great progress for Ark Cancer Centre Charity – and we are delighted to announce that £1.7million has now been raised towards the £5m target that will help to fund the new HHFT cancer treatment centre.

It was the most high-profile event in the Jane Austen 200 celebrations in Hampshire – and now a special souvenir book has been produced as a lasting memento of the Sitting With Jane project.

A Wild in Art event, delivered by Destination Basingstoke and in association with Festival Place, thousands of people enjoyed going around the Sitting With Jane public art BookBench trail between June 17 and August 30 – and the popularity of the benches, which celebrated the life of local author Jane Austen, was reflected in a very successful charity auction.

They are a great tribute band - and now Atomic Rapture are set to perform Blondie classics at a special charity night that will help Ark.

Saturday, January 13, 2018 is the date for the diary as Atomic Rapture perform live at the Apollo Hotel in Basingstoke.

A night of fabulous music is in store for everyone who comes along to the concert, which will raise funds for Ark and Help For Heroes - two charities that are supported by drummer Dave Taylor and colleagues at leading Basingstoke-based company Centerprise International.

Good music and good causes are set to be a winning combination as a rousing annual charity concert raises the rafters and pounds at a world-famous Basingstoke venue.

The Anvil is the perfect place to see and hear great music being performed, and on Sunday, January 28, 2018, The Rotary Club of Basingstoke Deane will be hosting another fabulous and memorable event at the award-winning concert hall.

The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines will be centre stage as they entertain the audience by playing their way through an impressive, and wide-ranging, repertoire.

She's a great supporter of Ark Cancer Centre Charity - and tonight, BBC MasterChef 2016 winner Jane Devonshire is aiming to raise the profile of the charity on national TV.

Jane is appearing with 2015 MasterChef winner Simon Wood on a special celebrity TV winners edition of the popular BBC general knowledge quiz show Pointless.

If Jane wins, she will be raising the profile of, and money for, Ark as her chosen charity on the BBC1 show, which airs at 6pm and is presented by Alexander Armstrong and co-host Richard Osman.

Ark Cancer Centre Charity was the winner as two Basingstoke businesses joined forces to put on a fundraising Charity Race Night.

Metro Bank Basingstoke, which has a store in Festival Place, and Lamb Brook Solicitors, based in Winchester Street, Basingstoke, teamed up to organise the fundraising event at Basingstoke Golf Club – and there was a great show of support from the local business community.